Word: lightness
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...going to be excited to race.”The varsity eight repeated the performance in the afternoon, reaching the line five seconds ahead of the Big Green and nearly seven seconds ahead of Notre Dame. The morning’s conditions were fair with sunny skies and a light wind that built as the day progressed making for choppier water—and tougher conditions— for the midday races.“The afternoon was a little rough. Clear skies and warm weather is nice, but the actual racing conditions were a bit tough...
...herald of light, and the bearer of love, till the stock of the Puritans die.” So go the concluding strains of our valedictory anthem, “Fair Harvard,” which echoed earlier this academic year through Tercentary Theatre on the occasion of Drew Gilpin Faust’s inauguration as university president...
...Instead of the “few bad apples” blamed when the prisoner abuse first came to light over the Abu Graib incidents, it is clear that those highest in the level of command sanctioned specific methods of prisoner abuse. While the meetings referenced in the ABC report revolved around interrogation at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, according to the Vanity Fair piece, “[An] August 2006 report of the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded unequivocally that techniques from Guantánamo had indeed found their way to Iraq...
...heartening that each of the remaining presidential candidates has denounced the current administration’s position on torture. In this light, however, we are concerned with recent actions of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, who in February voted against a bill that would have banned the use of simulated drowning and other interrogation techniques on the grounds that the bill did not leave enough wiggle room for the CIA—in his words—“to use extra measures” in interrogating detainees. (The bill passed and went on to be vetoed by President...
...violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth. Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred. God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such terrible events...